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A weather map is an important tool for geographers. A succession of three or four maps presents a continuous picture of weather changes. Weather forecasters are able to determine the speed of air masses and fronts（冷暖空气团接触的锋）to determine whether an individual pressure area is deepening or becoming shallow and whether a front is increasing or decreasing in intensity. They are also able to determine whether an air mass is retaining its original characteristics or taking on those of the surface over which it is moving. Thus, a most significant function of the map is to reveal a synoptic picture of conditions in the atmosphere at a given time.
All students of geography should be able to interpret a weather map accurately. Weather maps contain an enormous amount of information about weather conditions existing at the time of observation over a large geographical area. They reveal in a few minutes what otherwise would take hours to describe. The United States Weather Bureau issues information about approaching storms, floods, frosts, droughts, and all climatic conditions in general. Twice a month it issues a 30-day “outlook” which is a rough guide to weather conditions likely to occur over broad areas of the United States. These 30-day outlooks are based upon an analysis of the upper air levels which often set the stage for the development of air masses, fronts, and storms.
Considerable effort is being exerted today to achieve more accurate weather predictions. With the use of electronic instruments and earth satellites, enormous gains have taken place recently in identifying and tracking storms over regions which have but few meteorological stations (气象站). Extensive experiments are also in progress for weather modification（改变）studies. But the limitations of modification have prevented meteorological results except in the seeding of super-cooled, upslope mountainous winds which have produced additional orographic (山岳形态的) precipitation on the windward side of mountain ranges. Nevertheless, they have provided a clearer understanding of the fundamentals of weather elements.
72.  By reading weather maps, students majoring in geography can         .
A. design a project of weather modification
B. interpret the weather condition before the time of observation 
C. obtain data on atmospheric conditions over a wide area 
D. survey ever-changing fronts in local meteorological stations
73. A thirty-day forecast is determined by examining         .
A. daily weather maps                        B. upper air levels
C. satellite reports                              D. changing fronts
74. The observation of weather conditions by satellites is advantageous because ______.
A. electronic instruments are used
B. it enables man to alter the weather
C. it makes weather prediction more time-consuming
D. information not obtained readily otherwise can be gained
75. At the present time, experiments are being conducted in         .
A. controlling and influencing weather
B. determining density of pressure groups
C. 30-day “outlooks”
D. predicting storms

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item. The item she has _____ was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a similar one. The lady _____ to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID or the deal could not take place.

I went to the ____ with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started ______ her of asking the first random person she saw to help her. Although that was ___ , I didn’t understand why it mattered. After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to ____ an ID in this country.

Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no way to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not ______ she purchased the item.

“If I , a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be _____ the privilege--- as I have proof from the past.” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he _____ to exchange the item.

There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I hesitated when the woman asked for my help, but ______ in my hand I asked myself, “ Why not? What valid reasons do I usually have?” I had none, so I helped her.

The second lesson is not to judge a book by its ______. The woman looked poor, but she _____ the same treatment as anyone else does.

1.A. purchased????????????? B. shown????????????? C. lost????????????? D. mended

2.A. managed????????????? B. wanted????????????? C. refused????????????? D. promised

3.A. counter????????????? B. department????????????? C. market????????????? D. window

4.A. warning????????????? B. informing????????????? C. reminding????????????? D. accusing

5.A. wrong????????????? B. true????????????? C. reasonable????????????? D. meaningful

6.A. leave????????????? B. pay????????????? C. find????????????? D. obtain

7.A. answer????????????? B. prove????????????? C. support????????????? D. admit

8.A. ordered????????????? B. asked????????????? C. denied????????????? D. given

9.A. agreed????????????? B. prepared????????????? C. failed????????????? D. remembered

10.A. totally????????????? B. gradually????????????? C. hardly????????????? D. quickly

11.A. design????????????? B. cover????????????? C. content????????????? D. price

12.A. deserved????????????? B. required????????????? C. received????????????? D. appreciated

Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.

Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.

Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.

1.A blog is            .

A．a comment        B．an Internet journal   C．a design           D．a link

2.A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _______.

A．talk to others       B．give comments     C．read articles       D．enjoy photos

3.Who is a blogger?

A．A person who posts letters.

B．A person who writes articles.

C．A person who posts text or photos in a blog.

D．A person who is an online publisher.

4.From the passage we know that                   . 

A．Bill Gates will invent some tools for blogs

B．blogs will be an important business communication tool in the future

C．so far, only a few persons have created blogs

D．blogs will replace e-mail, BBS and MSN in the future

5.According to the passage, the reason why blogs are so popular is that they ____.

A．give everyone the chance to be an online writer

B．can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technology

C．enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give comments

D．all of the above

Aggie Bonfire (篝火) was a long-standing tradition at Texas A&M University as part of the college rivalry (竞争) with the University of Texas at Austin. For 90 years, Texas A&M students—known as Aggies—built and burned a bonfire on campus each autumn. Known to the Aggie community simply as "Bonfire", the annual autumn event symbolized Aggie students' "burning desires”. The bonfire was traditionally lit around Thanksgiving in connection with festivities surrounding the annual college football game.
Although early Bonfires were little more than piles of trash, as time passed, the annual event became more organized. Over the years the bonfire grew bigger, setting the world record in 1969. Bonfire remained a university tradition for decades until, in 1999, a collapse during construction killed twelve people—eleven students and one former student—and injured twenty-seven others.
The accident led Texas A&M to declare a pause on an official Bonfire. However, in 2002, a student-sponsored-and-off-campus "Student Bonfire" came up.
In 2003, the event became known as Student Bonfire. In a design approved by a professional engineer, Student Bonfire uses a wedding cake design, but, in a departure from tradition, every log in the stack (堆) touches the ground. For added support, four 24 feet poles are spaced evenly around the stack and then bolted to the 45 feet center pole with a steel pipe. Since the group does not receive funding, Student Bonfire charges a fee to each attendee to cover expenses. Attendance for Student Bonfire ranges from 8,000–15,000 people and the event is held in Brazos County or one of the surrounding counties.
【小题1】When did Aggie Bonfire come into being?

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Students will need to use all of their skills in order to understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice.
The book    36   many types of selections on a wide   37    of topics. These selections provide practice on    38   different reading skills to get the   39   of the writer. They also give students   40   in four basic reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for   41  comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming involves reading quickly through a text to get an overall idea of its contents. This kind of rapid reading is   42  when you are trying to decide  43  careful reading is desirable or when there is not    44    to read something carefully.
Like skimming, scanning is also quick reading.    45   , in this case the search is more    46    .To scan is to readquickly in order to    47    specific information. When you read to find a    48   date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough comprehension is   49    reading in order to understand the total   50   of the passage.   51  this level of comprehension the reader is   52   to summarize the author’s ideas but has not yet made a critical evaluation of those ideas.
Critical reading demands that a reader   53   judgments about what he or she reads. This kind of reedit    54    posting and answering questions such as “Does my own experience support that of the author?”, “Do I   55   the author’s point of view?” And “Am I convinced by the author’s arguments and evidence?
36.A.contains                B.uses                   C.put                    D.writes
37.A.sense                    B.variety               C.kind                   D.subject
38.A.making                 B.understanding     C.speaking             D.employing
39.A.message                B.secret                 C.content               D.nature
40.A.power                  B.point                  C.practice              D.opinion
41.A.better                   B.basic                  C.general               D.thorough
42.A.suttable                B.interesting          C.wrong                D.true
43.A.that                      B.if                       C.when                 D.why
44.A.interest                 B.habit                  C.time                   D.desire
45.A.Moreover             B.Anyway            C.However            D.Therefore
46.A.funny                   B.concentrated       C.perfect               D.important
47.A.deal with                     B.get in                 C.go over                     D.find out
48.A.common               B.different             C.fine                   D.particular
49.A.carefully               B.slowly                C.quickly                     D.perfectly
50.A.design                  B.explanation        C.meaning             D.feeling
51.A.To                    B.On                     C.At                            D.In
52.A.impossible            B.able                   C.difficult             D.simple
53.A.makes                  B.finds                  C.puts                   D.offers
54.A.lacks                    B.requires              C.demands             D.affords
55.A.tell                       B.express               C.share                  D.argue